Obituaries

Katherine Rankineeaver was born August 9, 1922, in Macon, Georgia, the oldest daughter of Myrtle and Goodwin Rankin. Growing up in Macon, she attended Miller High School and Wesleyan College, and married in July 1942 Charles Beaver, who was stationed nearby at Camp Wheeler Army Base. They lived in Little Rock, Arkansas (Camp Robinson), then Tyler, Texas (Camp Fannin), where...

Olga Boubouras Thuer passed away peacefully on neember 26, 2018 in Chapel Hill, NC following a brief hospitalization for progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).?? Beloved wife of the late Carl Thuer, married for 53 years; daughter of the late Mary and Matthew Boubouras, and sister of the late Renee Mitchell.?? Loving mother of Diane Winans; grandmother of Maxwell, Theodore...

Lois Ann McCaskill, born June 3, 1953, in Milledgeville, Georgia, lost her courageous battle against Mylodysplasia Syndrome on April 7, 2014. She was given the gift of an extra year of life by a selfless donor who provided the new bone marrow that she received last April 25, 2013. The extra year of life allowed her to spend more time...

Daniel Roy Johnson, of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, died in Duke Uneersity Hospital, due to respiratory failure, surrounded by his family oneebruary 24, 2015. He was 67 years old. Dan is survived by his wife, Linda Johnson (Dillman); his children, Jerry Johnson (Amy) of Bradenton, Florida, and Julie Johnson of South Beloit, Illinois; his granddaughters, Jasmine Johnson, Anna Scordato, Claudia Johnson,...

Mr. John Thomas "Pete" Moore, 87, of Moncure, NC peacefully passed away neember 22, 2013 at Sanford Health & Rehab in Sanford, NC. Mr. Moore was born in Chatham County on May 3, 1926, the son of the late Emma Olivia Olinger and Raymond Lee Moore. Pete was a veteran of WWII who honorably served in the Philippines and Japan....

Dr. Mary Alice Shaver, an educator and scholar in advertising and mass communication, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, at her home ineearrington Village, North Carolina after a brief illness. She was 74. She spent many years on the faculty at the Uneersity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, served as director of the Advertising Department and Michigan State Uneersity, chair of...

Maureen Nolan Daughtry, age 90, died peacefully neember 12, 2013, ineer Durham home. Maureen was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland to the late Patrick Joseph and Margaret Louisa Sullivan Nolan. Ineer youth Maureen lived in Ireland, Malta aneengland while her father served in the British military. While living in England and working for the war effort during World War...

Our dear sweet mother, Doris Thomasson Brown, age 91, of Durham NC, passed away Thursday evening, the 6th of February, while holding her hand. She blessed us so very much throughout our lives. We are so very grateful that she is now in the hands of our Lord. She was an angel who blessed so many people with her genee...

Dr. Blaine S. Nashold, Jr. was born on neember 21, 1923 ineenox, South Dakota. He was raised ineenver, Colorado, and Mt. Vernon, Indiana, on his family farm and attended Indiana Uneersity where he met his wife Irene Halverson . At Ohio State Uneersity he awarded a Masters of Science Degree in Microbiology. After attaining his M.D. from the Uneersity of...

Margaret Lovelace Fessler, age 98, passed away peacefully oneeptember 25, 2018, in Durham NC. Margaret was a proud and dedicated mother, citizen, civil servant, and Kansan. She grew up in the Great Depression, began work early, married, had a daughter, was widowed ineer early 40s, aneeventually went on to a distinguished career as a secretary in the U.S. Department of...

DURHAM: Edna Thacker Barbee, 94, died January 22 in Duke Hospital. A Durham native, she was the daughter of the late Adrian and Oza Hight Thacker. Mrs. Barbee was predeceased by her husband, Wade Barbee and a daughter, Valinda Willett. Surviving are her daughter, LaVerne Parrish and sons, Richard and David Barbee, all of Durham; seven grandchildren and six great...

Hazel Blalock Viola, 81, died Saturday, October 20 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was born in Chatham County oneeptember 17, 1937, to the late Bernard and neer Sherron Blalock. Hazel graduated from the Watts School of Nursing, where she was need a member of the Santa Filomena Honor Society. She served Duke as a surgical nurse for 38 years, including...

Kyle Lee Simpson, 57, passed away unexpectedly in his home oneebruary 3, 2013. He was born in Richland, Wa. on January 31, 1956, to the late Charles and Janie Ann Simpson. He graduated from Columbia High School in in 1974 in Richland, Wa. and from Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wa. in 1976. He met his future wife, Jenee Laurie...

Alford Forney Morris was borneeptember 5, 1933 to William Ervin and Zullar Hayden Morris in Coneer, N. C. Alford accepted Christ at an early age. He was an active member of Mt. Olive AME Zion Church where during his many years of service he was Superintendent of Sunday School, teacher of the men???s class, member of the Chancel Choir and...

On Thursday, neember 29, 2018, Daniel M. McGinty, loving husband of Dorothy?? (Driskel) passed away at the age of 74 in his home in Durham, NC. He was borneeptember 24, 1944, in Buffalo, NY.???? He married Dorothy on August 3, 1968. He is survived by his children; Kelly (Kyle) Hallmets, and Daniel (late Shawna) ??McGinty Jr.?? His grandchildren Margaret aneevelyne...

Virginia Joyce Dooley Rawlings, (Joyce), a Southerner with a capital S, passed away peacefully at Hillcrest Convalescent Center early on April 15th. ????She was 87 years old. Born and raised in the south, she loved her ???ciggies??? with a good cup of coffee and was neer shy about voicing her opinion but as a true southern woman, she was gracious,...

Brooke Elizabeth Hester Thompson, 34, passed away peacefully after a 7 year courageous battle with ACC (adrenal cortical carcinoma). Brooke was passionee about living life to the fullest. Being diagneed with a rare cancer would steal most people???s joy; however, Brooke didn???t let cancer win. Brooke was an advocate, encouraged and friend to many people diagneed with ACC. Brooke neer...